THE FRANKLIN PRESS,
VOLUME XX.
OLD PARD,
&fe Story f Collie
By Joaep E. Wing,
Nearly twenty years ago I owned a
shepherd puppy away out on the
Range Valley ranch In sunny southern
Utah. He was not pretty dark with
tawny markings, small, too, for his
ge, but his eyes were merry and had
In them a peculiar knowingness that
I had never seen in dog-kind before,
nor since. I named him Pard and he
was truly a most willing and effectual
partner of my Joys and sorrows. The
canyon was a lonely place, so far as
humankind went, though It was peo
pled with all sorts of animals, some
that we chose and some that chose
us.
This little Pard. puppy had the most
surprising courage I have ever seen
In any animate thing, It was not cou
pled wlta moToseneas or 1:1 temper,
It was not displayed tor liis own grati
fication, but in obedience to my wish
est He would not hesitate to attack
any living thing and the tempestuous
Jury of his attack and rage would
bluff off almost anything so that he
won surprising victories. I do not
like useless dog-flghtlng, but when we
discovered bis quality we would give
him signal to attack other dogs, some
of them full grown and four times his
size and weight. It was astonishing
and amnsing to see him launch him
self with flerce Impetuosity upon Borne
huge antagonist and I never knew It
to fall that the big dog would be so
overwhelmed with surprise, dismay
and wonder that be would give up and
turn tall.- I suppose he wondered
what sort of animal this was anyhow,
behaving so differently from what
might treasonably be expected of a
puppy. I Only with his brothers, all
bigger than himself, could he have a
real flint, and this we prevented as
much
as possible for fear that one
injure, maybe kill, the other, I
leen Pard and big Bummer, his
Vwb brother, twice his size, roll
Ig down a precipitous hillside,
I one relaxing hold. ... And yet
ard had a sweet,
lie fought
1 of his
sunny temLtM!''
bpiy.ii 1
leaping Joyfully to me, the kitten gone,
I hunted for It but ouly found a tew
fragments. He had eaten It, but he
never again hurt a kitten.
We named him Old Pard after the
good one, and he soon became one
of tha family and felt a personal re
sponsibility for many things. He de
veloped Into a fine watchdog, too; to
some he showed only a friendly greet
ing, others he Instinctively felt ought
to be denied any admission at all.
We learned later that some of those
he hated worst were night thieves;
bo hal either . known of their prowl
lngs cr bad Instinctively bated them.
Many feared him and our ben roost
fared better than our neighbors',
though later he extended his night pa
trol to the home of a close neighbor,
to their great satisfaction.
Old Pard developed into a great
worker with stock. He was always
too swift, too impetuous to suit me,
but he was a big help. Many thou
sands of lambs he has helped pen, al
ways he was In place when It was
time to put the feeding lambs in the
barn or to drive them out at feeding
time. He would "speak to them"
when they' were tame and stubborn,
barking fiercely as long as you wished,
subsiding at command. He' knew what
I wanted of him always, but Would
not always do It. I never knew What
a perfect sheepdog he was capable of
being until one day when I was up
on a barn roof the lambs got a gate
open and 500 of them came raring
Into the road. Pard saw them before
I did and stopped them. I was about
to go down to his assistance, but to
my astonishment he began doing ex-,
actly what I had long been trying to
teach him, going from side to side, his
white brush high hi air, waving to
and fro, gently, quietly; slowly he
drove them back, never one mad rush,
never a bark save whdn It was need
ed. It showed to me lhat, he had
sense enou"" """heLd
the victory and came grimly on after
a time, on three legs. Thereby was
illustrated a curious side of dog na
ture. Tht two dogs had neither had
a racial friend before, my neighbor's
dog had never been known to leave
his house, yet In a day or two I found,
fraternizing very amiably with Old
Pard! Ha was the only dog not be
longing on the plac that Pard ever
made friends with, and he was killed
soon after, bow I never knew. It was
strange that no one ever killed Old
Pard. He was hated by a good many
and did In fact have some lead in
him; he was annoying to passers-by
who had dogs with them but he would
not harm any honest man.
The crowning act of a useful life
was when he saved my brother Willis
from a horrible death. We had a gen
tle Jersey bull, dehorned. People got
afraid of him but I, laughed and
showed that he could be driven with
a cornstalk. One day Willis went out
to the pasture to drive up the cows,
the bull sulked and would not come.
Willis kicked him and In an Instant
the lurking devil earns out, the beast
sprang at him, knocked him down;
the boy Bprang Up and ran, the bull
overtaking him In an instant and
knocked htm down again and tried to
gore him. The third time this was re
peated, Willis' heed was butted down
Into the mud until blood ran from his
ears. I saw It from afar and started
to run to help. Never did my feet
seem to glued to the ground; It seem
ed to me that I was rooted to the
spot as I realised all that would hap
pen before I could gain that quarter
of a mile, All at once Old Pard bound
ed by me like a flash and Streaked
across the field. Before he had gdt
ten halt way. the bull saw him and
hesitated a moment, before he was
there the great coward was In slow
retreat. Old Pard knew the enormity
of the offense and promptly seized him
by the nose and led the bellowing
cringing bully a merry dance across
the field. By a miracle not a bone
was broken, but the bull went into
bologna soon afterward. ...
I wonder how long dogs ltveT When
Pard was about twelve years old he
loet his hearing and became morose
and unhappy. He was of use, though,
and we suffered him to stay another
year, then got a new puppy. It was
touching to see the. new and playful
Collie and the old veteran. The pup
py worshipped him and while he
played with him It was with a good
aUatjyspect,. and Old Pard auf-
""tof indignity from htm
""Ucntlv and going
FFIANKLI N. N. C. W EDN ESDAY, FEBRUARY 1
EN
FIELDS
Dairy Notes.
. In making good butter there Is al
ways plenty of time to do everything
Just right; if you find there is not
Urns, then you sre not making good
butter.
If the flhurnlng Is done at too low
a temperature In making granular
butter, the butter will be crumbly.
Persistence In milking is more de
sirable than a large flow at first,
which in a Bhort time suddenly de
creases. Feeding Corn Fodder-
It Is stated without contradiction
that the food value in the corn plant
la In the proportion of 65 percent in
tha fodder and 45 percent in the ears.
These figures will seem incredible to
those who have long believed that the
fodder bad little food value. The main
difficulty In utilizing the corn fodder
has been to get it in such shape that
the stock would be able to consume
most of It- The modern shredder will
accomplish this in a satisfactory man
ner, and in most farming sections men
are making a business of shredding
the fodder for those who have no ma
chines. The price asked is comparatively
small small enough at any rate to
Warrant having it done. In the ab
sence of tha shredder It is not a bad
plan to go back to the old hand cut
ter, and in this way cut and break the
corn fodder so that the cows will be
able to eat more of It than now. It
is Blow work, the use of this cutter,
but unless one has too many cows to
wsrrant the time spent, it will pay,
though not so well as the shredder.
Look up this shredder suggestion if
you have a heavy supply of corn fod
der. Places for a Little Manure. .
Those who grow vegetables in large
or small quantities may not know that
the soli devoted to them manured and
rough plowed in the fall will do better
work than if all the preparation Is
done In the spring. . There will be
enough of the fine work to do in the
spring, so why not do some of the
Coarse preparation now? Many things,
luch aa rhubarb and asparagus, for
example, are much helped by a pro
tection of manure lut On in the fall.
These are mod places to put some of
the fine portions
soil and.
the
and adopt better ones. If the bull
begets Unprofitable or substantial
talves put him oft and start a better
strain of cattle. Some mon go all
through life lamenting their mistakes
and misfortunes. Others resolutely
burn their blunders and take tip with
gooi things, achieving fortune In the
end and having only memories of the
older and less favored days. The hold'
fast trait ,1s a good one when Intelli
gently exercised. Grip Is a good
thing, but gumption Is a better. The
mud turtle is said to hold on until It
thunders, Fortunate the man who can
hear the thunder of unprofitable re
sults and let go his grip on unsuccess
ful methods. The times change and
we must change with them or suffer.
Persistency In pursuits should ba
guided by possibilities of achieve
ment. Consistency is no virtue when
It leads to loss. Circumstances always
alters cases.
Cream Siptrating en the Farm.
While Indiana is not recognized at
a great dairy state there Is certainly
a growing Interest in tha dairy side
of the farm. The establishment of
several new creameries In different
parts of the state, together with 'the
large number of hand separators, be
ing sold by leading separator manu
facturers, all Indicate that mora at
tention is being given to this branch
of farming. Several of our creamer
ies are now accepting hand separa
tor cream. There is no reason why
just as good butter cannot be made
from cream separated on the farm as
can be from that separated at the fac
tory. The fact that it often Is not as
goodjs because the owners of the Sep
arators do not take the same care of
the cream that they do for the milk
where they deliver every day.
Recent Inspection at several cream
eries under the auspices of the State
Dairy association showed that the
commonest fault in the milk delivered
was improper cooling of the milk, and
In the case of hand separated cream
often too much age with insufficient
cooling. . This prompts me to urge
that those who are selling hand sep
arated cream to the creameries should
be particular to cool each lot of cream
to a temperature of 60 or below imme
diately after separating. This can be
done by setting the can of cream into
an ordinary tub of cold water. In
most parts of the state well water
freshly drawn has a temperature of
about SO. Where the amount of cream
is small and considerable water is
used little difficulty will be found In
cooling the cream quickly. If this
cream Is delivered three times a week
and has been kept under as cleanly
conditions as prevails at most farms,
a creamery should have no difficulty
Silns first-class butter. The de-
'p. best butter and
ar,"'t con-
5, 1905.
I A SERMON FOB SUNDAY
AN ELOQUENT DISCOURSE ENTITLED,
'DIVINE COMPANIONSHIP."
f he Iter. Charles ' Benedict Make a
Beautiful Commentary oa tha Briefest
Vat Moil Coinprehenslr Blfacrapby
Ever Written-Ketala Ooit'a Lot.
Bbookxyk, N. Y.-The Rev. Charles E.
Benedict, pator of St. Junes' M. K.
Church, Eighty-fourth street and Twen
tieth avenue, Bensonhurst, preached Sun
day morning on "Divine Companionship."
fhe texts were from Genesis vi24: "Enoch
walked with God, and lie Was not, for God
took him, and Hebrews xi:5: "Before his
translation he had this testimony, that he
pleased. God. Mr. Benedict said:
Thia ia one of the briefest yet most com
prehensiva biographies ever written. Theaa
passages, containing twenty-three word,
tell ua about all we know concerning this
man Enoch. Imagine the storr at your
life told in three sentences! He walked
with God, he pleased -God and he was
translated. This is the record Af Enoch's
life. It reads more like an epitaph than a
biography, yet I would rather have those
first two statement true of my life than
to have the moat eloquent tributes or eulo
gistic praises ever written or spoken by
men. fo walk with God and to pleas
Him I Do you know oFtlnything more de
sirable? " '
It is said that a man's walk ia indicative
of his career, Manner and gesture are an
index to character. It is possible to make
an estimate approximately correct of the
type of men you meet on the street by not
ing the poise and hearing of the average
pedestrian. One walks With a firm, quick
step, head erect, shoulders hack, and you
feel instinctively that he is an energetic,
resolute, self-respecting man, bound to suc
ceed. Another shambles by with shiftless
gait, dragging his feet rather than lifting
them, and you put him down for a loafer.
A third glides along noiselessly, threading
bia way in and out among the crowd, and
you know intuitively that , lie is a i!v,
scheming trickster. Another walks with
unsteady gait, stepping carefully, aa if the
bavement were roiling and humping against
nil feet, and As with pitying glanc vou
watch him stagger along VoU aay, "The
poor fellow ia drunk'. So a man's gait be
trays him. His walk signifies the manner
of his life.
One ia likewise known by the cdmpany
he beeps. We are largely what our friends
and tompaniont are. Tell me the sort of
persons with whom, you associate, in whom
you confide, to whom you go with all your
trouble and with whom you share your
every joy, and I will have no difficulty in
estimating your character. To retain pur
ity of character if one's aasociates are base
and ignoble i an impossibility. And it
would seem equally impossible to live an
impure, vicious, wicked life if all our aaso
ciates sre noble and virtuous. We are in
fluenced unconsciously by the words and
actions of our friends. Like the chame
leon, we 'take on the hue of our surround
ings and reflect the likeness of our com
panions. The human heart under normal condi
tions craves companionship, From the be
ginning it was so. God saw that it was not
good for man to b alone, to He gave him
a companion and helpmeet. We an so
constituted that we must have some on
with whom to share our happy hours,
tome good, true friend who enters into
our experiences 4vitb. sympathetic appre
ciation, whose henrt aches in our sorrow
and rejoices in our joy.
The strangest truth contained in all
God's wonderful volume of truth ia that
He who created the universe. -t.he Tirit
God Omnipotent, whoa wisdom is omnis-cience.-whots
goodness it perfection, wboat
jive, mat lie eoou.n icomiescena
he companion and associate of
4 lhafxthit it the
kethck.
day morning. Jee Healev called around to
j pay his usual visit. He used to come
j every Sunday and bring a bottle of whisky
with him, and them two would spree it all
day until thev turned the whole house into
a bedlam, Well, I aaw Healev coming last
Sunday morningand I waa afraid it would
be all up with poor Murphy If he got with
him. I went down to the door, and when
he asked if Murphy waa in I said, 'No,
Murphy is out. He don't Jive here any
longer. So I rent Healey off and saved
Murphy from temptation. But what I
want to know, your reverence, ia this, did
I tell a lief I meant that the old Murphy
did not live there any more. You know
Mr. Moody told us that when a man is
converted h is a new creature: old things
have pasted away. I believe Murphy ia a
new creature, and that the old Murpny
does not live any more in that attic"
"If any man he in Christ he ia a new
creation. Old thinge are passed away; be
hold all things are become new." After a
man makes this discovery he beeins to
learn important truths, lie learna that he
must now walk, not after the flesh, but af
ter the spirit. Thia is bv no means an
easy thing to do. I wonder how many
have mastered this art? 'Tia one that can
not be acquired in a single lesson. I
sometimes think we shall never know per
fectly how to walk after the Spirit so long
as we hear this body of flesh. There ia
much misapprehension on thia point. Not
a few have been sorely perpler i, and
some have been quite disheartened .n their
attempts to make the plain facta of their
experience fit certain doctrines taught
from the Scriptures. Here is a typical ex
ample. A young man entered upon the
Christian life, There waa no doubt as to
the genuineness of his conversion. He c-t-epted
Christ intelligently, 'and with an
earnest purpoae to give Him a loyal serv
ice. He had run the whole gamut of sin
ful indulgence, but the change in his life
was a radical one. He censed to do evil
and tried to learn to do good. But he was
hindered bv old habits a-'d tendencies
which still lurked in his flesh. The strug
gle was fierce and lie faced it heroically,
until one day more severely tempted than
usual he went to his pnstor.and said: "It's
no Use, I might as well give no trying I
have been guilty of some of the same old
ains that I used to indulge in. and I won't
be a hypocrite, to vou can take my name
off the record." The pastor made use of
his Master's method, nnd answered the
young man with a pnrable. It was the o'd
ttory of a farmer who wat plowing in a
meadow lot. He kept his eye fired on a
tree at the farther end of the field, and de
termined to tnntte his first furrow as
straight as possible. That waa to he hit
guiding line, and it was his .intention to
make each furrow aa straight as the first.
He-succeeded fairly well for awhile, until
a bird flew-cloae to hia f.ice and startled
him so that he jerked on the rein with the
result a crook in li:a furrow. Several timet
in the course of his plowing he got off the
line, but just as soon as he discovered his
deflection he pulled back and' got on the
straight line again.
H,ow aptly this illustrates the Initial ex
perience of a child of God. H start out
with the determination to walk iu the
footsteps of his Mister. That ia the cen
tral purpose of his heart. His new nature
throbs with a tingle motive of lovalty to
Christ. But in his immature condition he
blunders, he flies into a nassion perhans,
or indulge tome old sinful habit, forget
ting his new re'ationahip with God. and
he makes a crook in his furrow. Bui in
the instant when he comes to himself he
repent! of hia deflection and, fixing h
eyes upon Jesus, he gets hack on the line
and tries again. Such deviations from the
line of rectitude often dishearten young
Christ grit. Their blunders of immaturity
are m stake for tokens of intincerity.
Walkiii with Christ in the school of expe
rience Jiev will learn that the evidence of
their, Vyalty to Him in whoa fontatent
they tusk to follow, it not found in the ab
solute perfection of their walk. The real
test li in their immediate repentance
and turning back to the line when a de
viation or deflection hat been discovered.
oul-intpinng truth that on ought to
the beginning ot toe l nnstiaii me
witn L.oi iraaa ultimately
beautiful commentary
nt mane by a little
mji, of London.
NIGHTMARE.
'. Menageries, where tleuthhounds raraeolt,
I Where Jaguar phalanx and phlegmatic
I gnu
fright ptarmigan and kestrels cheek ky
' Jowl
With peewit and precocious cockatoo.
Uaunt seneschals. In croehety cockades, - -I
With seine nets trawl for porpoise in la
goons :
I While aculllous gauge erratic escapade
of madrepores In water-logged galleons:
IKlamboy.tut trlntycbs groined with guer-
kins green.
In reckless fracas with coquettish cream, '
Ecstatic gargoyles, with grotesque chagrin,
tjamlsh the- grewsome nightmare of my
dream. . V
London Punch.
JUST FOR FUN
"I see that some bumptious doctor
ciaima tutu puuiyiuu piea aie uuvu
with microbes." "Happy microbes!
'Nother piece, please."
Dealer Well, sir, did that turkey
do for all your family? Customer
Very nearly; the doctor says he'll
have to come .for a week yet. Town
and Country.
"A man owes a great deal to his
country." "Yes," answered Senator
Sorghum, "and it is a lucky thing for
some of us that our country can't
foreclose." Washington Star. ;
"It looks as if the people were get
ting on to us at last," said the crooked
politician. "What will we ApV
"Time, I'm afraid," replied the other,
despondently. Philadelphia Ledger.
Lady Notasent -(nee GotroxU shall
most certainly sue you for divorce.
Lord Notasent Please don't, my dear.
I've worked your dad for enough now,
without bracing him for alimony.
Puck. Y
Gayboy You shouidn complain, my
dear. Before we were married"!-to! d
you how bad I was. , Mrs. Gayboy
Yea, but you didn't tell me how much
worry you were going to be afterwarA
Chicago Daily News. .
Johnson (with tat Government po
sltion) 1 want you to tell me plainly,
doctor, what is the matter with me.
Old Doctor Well, sir, you are suffer
ing from underwork and overpay.
Glasgow Evening Times.
Mrs. Intrade Where is your father?
Adult Son He Is at the shop editing:
his new edition of-"Society As I Have
Found It" Mrs. Intrade What! a
book? Son Yes, a ledger, full of un- .
paid and uncollectable bills. Plck-Me-,
Up.
- "Who is the vllllan of your produc
tion?" asked the hotel clerk. "Weir
answered Mr. Storm In gt on.
"the man who plays tV
named Smith; but the if
the manager who got vA
Washington Star.
Tommy I Can iPhuiil up to five on
my fingers,' can't I ma? Ma Yes,,
Tommy, but don't brag. . I saw a little
boy no older than you today who
could count UP to fifty. . Tommy Gee
whiz! Where did he" get all them
fingers. Philadelphia press.
"Now, my boy," said the man to the
""""-wiser boy; "don't be an hour go-
e"
ilocks with this message."
"""J)ny, feeling In his
must